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NEW WATERFRONT EVENTS, LOTS FOR KIDS, AND MORE
AT NEWMARKET HERITAGE FESTIVAL–RAIN OR SHINE
NEWMARKET – This year's Newmarket Heritage Festival (September 19, 20,
21) features events for children and families, plus expanded waterfront activities,
including booths and boat rides, tours of the Captain Edward H. Adams gundalow,
and a tent with presentations and stories throughout the day. All events take
place under tents and will be held rain or shine. Full details available at
www.heritage-festival.org.
Fun
for kids
On Saturday, September 20, two special childrenπs performances are scheduled
for the festival's main stage. Martha Dana and her Amazing Puppets (10:00 am)
is followed by a sing-along with musician Sammie Haynes (10:30-11:45 am), featuring
folk classics and clever originals. The high-energy Youth Jazz Dance Project,
back by popular demand, takes the stage in the afternoon (12:45-1:45 pm).
Other highlights for kids include a model railway—with bells and whistles and real smoke; a special exhibit from the Children's Museum of Portsmouth; Stories by the River, featuring books about diversity and heritage; plus local author Jane Cowen-Fletcher reading 'It Takes a Village'. Make a rope bracelet or basket to take home. Try fly tying, weaving, quilting, and origami. Meet horseshoe crabs and lampreys and Raspberry the Turtle. And don't forget face painting and fish prints, juggling and stilt walking, yo-yos and unicycles, fun with bubbles, ice cream, and more.
On the waterfront enjoy scenic boat rides, tours of the gundalow, and a screening room with short films running throughout the day. Presentations under the waterfront tent include The Story of the Gundalow with Captain Justin Kane; Newmarket's Prehistoric Creature with Stacia Sower, who shares the life story of the lamprey; and Cross-Grained and Wily Waters, a slide show about the Piscataqua Region with boat builder and writer Nick Brown.
The
waterfront also features
a host of booths: Learn about fly fishing, the endangered species of Great Bay,
Newmarket's open space, the wonders of the Lamprey River, and how to test the
quality of the water.
Great music also featured at the Heritage Festival: Gary Sredzienski, the accordion
warrior; the Jumbo Circus Peanuts; the Funky Divas of Gospel, the Youth Jazz
Dance Project; the Crawdad Wranglers Cajun Band; and King Ludwig's Bavarian
Band, complete with eight-foot alpine horns, cow bells, and yodeling—all
this and more will be featured on the festival main stage.
And there's more: The festival features a host of high-quality vendor booths offering great gifts, fine arts, and delicious food. And donπt forget the popular historic walking tours and community suppers: the International Soup and Chowder Fest (Friday), the Fireman's Supper (Saturday), and the Community Church Supper (Sunday).
Admission
For just $5, festival-goers gain admission to the entire weekend of performances,
demonstrations, children's activities, vendors, historic tours, and more. Children
under 12 are free. Buttons are available at Crackskull's Bookstore, Fleet Bank
(Newmarket/Epping), Marelli's, Newmarket Public Library, the Town Hall, Riverworks
Restaurant, and Wadleigh Falls Driving Range. The festival will be held rain
or shine.
Location
The Heritage Festival takes place in the heart of downtown Newmarket (on Main
Street/Route 108 and in the open lot across the street from the Post Office).
Parking
Parking for festival-goers will be available in the municipal lot near the library
(off Route 108 on the north side of town) and in the parking lot behind Town
Hall (accessed via Beech Street Ext.). There will also be some in-town parking
available—including handicap parking spaces: the Post Office (after 12
noon on Saturday), the Fleet Bank lot, and the Water Street Lot across from
Joyce's Kitchen (near the public boat launch). Thanks for your patience
and cooperation.
Sponsors
Sponsored by the non-profit Newmarket Main Street Corporation, the Heritage
Festival is supported by many people and organizations, including the New Hampshire
State Council on the Arts and the Greater Piscataqua Community Foundation; local
businesses and organizations; the Town of Newmarket; Fleet Bank; individual
donations and button sales; and community volunteers. We gratefully acknowledge
the collaborative effort behind this community event.
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All Aboard the Model Railway: Bells and whistles, plus real smoke and lots of
fun are guaranteed at the Newmarket Heritage Festivalπs model railway,
brought to you by the Bristol S-Gauge Club, the oldest S-gauge model railway
group in North America. Shown here: An American Flyer engine built in 1948,
pulls a freight train around a track. See it at the Newmarket Heritage Festival.
(Trains on display Sept 20 and 21.) (Courtesy photo)